Open F2F Class Notes 6th August (Ben)

CHEN
The Olympic games opening ceremony

The theme of the games WAS about ecology.

Some places haven’t finished to be built.

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ecologic(al)
environmental protection

Ironic

They emphasized (they claimed) the amount of fireworks was lower than the quota set by the Olympic Games Association.

There was a quota of fireworks that they could not exceed.

They released a lot of carbon emissions which will damage the ozone layer.
This worsened the greenhouse effect, the average temperature will keep going up = rising.

The show they displayed told the history of Brazil from colonization until now in an artistic way through clothing, dances, music, stageplay and others.

It was powerful and touching. Although there were a few bad aspects, they still provided an amazing opening to the whole world.

the Brazil –> Brazil
Although — , they still —–